On Monday 18 August the ODA Dr Paul Murray attended the concert presented by the Music Department, of the Matrics playing chosen pieces from their portfolios.

In the photo:

From the back left:                                    Composer, piece, instrument

Rieko Kidha (White )                                 Stormy weather (voice)

Rynard Gordon (White)                             C Batchelor, So long  (piano)

Daniel Reid-Diedericks (Ogilvie)               O. Rieding, Concertino – 2nd movement (violin)

Joe Bolus (Ogilvie)                                    S. Coleridge-Taylor, Impromptu in b minor (piano)

Liam Chester (Gray)                                  J. Brahms, Sonata in E flat, 1st movement (clarinet)

Gabriel Comitis (Birt)                                 F. Schubert, Sonata in D major, 3rd movement (violin)

At the end of the recital, their teacher Andrea Rutter gave a brief appraisal.

We will shortly be welcoming our Matric musicians into the ODU.

This was a wonderful concert, congratulations to the staff, students and their parents.

We wish them well in their music careers.